A man man may dwell so long upon a thought that it may take him prisoner.
From George Savile
Nothing would more contribute to make a man wise than to have always an enemy in his view.
The sight of a drunkard is a better sermon against that vice than the best that was ever preached on that subject.
Popularity is a crime from the moment it is sought; it is only a virtue where men have it whether they will or no.
They who are of the opinion that Money will do everything, may very well be suspected to do everything for Money.
There is reason to think the most celebrated philosophers would have been bunglers at business; but the reason is because they despised it.
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